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arm64: Get rid of ARM64_HAS_NO_HW_PREFETCH

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Back in 2016, it was argued that implementations lacking a HW
prefetcher could be helped by sprinkling a number of PRFM
instructions in strategic locations.

In 2023, the one platform that presumably needed this hack is no
longer in active use (let alone maintained), and an quick
experiment shows dropping this hack only leads to a 0.4% drop
on a full kernel compilation (tested on a MT30-GS0 48 CPU system).

Given that this is pretty much in the noise department and that
it may give odd ideas to other implementers, drop the hack for
good.

Suggested-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Suggested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231122133754.1240687-1-maz@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
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Marc Zyngier
2023-11-22 13:37:54 +00:00
committed by Will Deacon
parent 2cc14f52ae
commit 103423ad7e
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@@ -18,13 +18,6 @@
* x1 - src
*/
SYM_FUNC_START(__pi_copy_page)
alternative_if ARM64_HAS_NO_HW_PREFETCH
// Prefetch three cache lines ahead.
prfm pldl1strm, [x1, #128]
prfm pldl1strm, [x1, #256]
prfm pldl1strm, [x1, #384]
alternative_else_nop_endif
ldp x2, x3, [x1]
ldp x4, x5, [x1, #16]
ldp x6, x7, [x1, #32]
@@ -39,10 +32,6 @@ alternative_else_nop_endif
1:
tst x0, #(PAGE_SIZE - 1)
alternative_if ARM64_HAS_NO_HW_PREFETCH
prfm pldl1strm, [x1, #384]
alternative_else_nop_endif
stnp x2, x3, [x0, #-256]
ldp x2, x3, [x1]
stnp x4, x5, [x0, #16 - 256]